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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the Kid want to show the girl?
(a) Pages from the Kid's diary.
(b) Some new chataquas.
(c) Some film reels.
(d) Templates from Base One.

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, after the girl wakes up in the recovery room, how does the Kid look?
(a) He appears only as a disembodied voice.
(b) Black with soot, his cloak smoking.
(c) Iridescent and barely there.
(d) More solid than he ever looked before.

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what happens when Bobby tries to withdraw money from his bank?
(a) There is no money in the account.
(b) The teller accidentally gives Bobby money from someone else's account
(c) Bobby's has been the victim of identity theft.
(d) The teller says Bobby's account has been attached by the IRS.

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is Bobby's original major at college?
(a) Biology.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Underwater welding.
(d) Anthropology.

5. Where does Bobby live when he arrives at his destination after leaving New Orleans for the winter?
(a) In his Mother's childhood house.
(b) In a house owned by Jimmy Anderson.
(c) In his father's childhood house.
(d) In an old farmhouse.

6. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the girl's doctor's proper name?
(a) Hardwick.
(b) Henderson.
(c) Chetworth.
(d) Trask.

7. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, why does John say that he is in a brown study?
(a) John's parole officer broke up with him.
(b) Tulsa has left.
(c) John is broke.
(d) John's boots were stolen.

8. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what keeps the rest of the crew from joining Bobby?
(a) The job is cancelled and no one tells Bobby.
(b) The crew's boat malfunctions.
(c) A severe storm.
(d) The crew get lost on their way out.

9. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, when Kline picks up Bobby, why does he motion to Bobby to be silent?
(a) Kline thinks his car might be bugged with audio surveillance equipment.
(b) Kline likes to save conversation for dinner.
(c) Kline is in the middle of a conversation with someone on his carphone.
(d) Kline is concentrating on another missing person's case.

10. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what happens when Bobby tries to access his safe deposit box?
(a) Bobby takes the gold coins and his sister's letter from the safe deposit box.
(b) Bobby open the box and finds a letter from Oiler inside.
(c) The contents have been seized by the IRS.
(d) There is someone else who claims that the safe deposit box actually belongs to them and not Bobby.

11. What does Bobby tell Kline happened two year earlier at his grandmother's family house in Tennessee?
(a) People came to try and take Bobby's sister away.
(b) All of Bobby's father's papers were taken, along with family letter and photo albums.
(c) Guys in suits came to question Bobby's grandmother about Bobby's father.
(d) Guys in suits came and gave Bobby a lot of medals and a check and said it was owed to his father.

12. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, Where does Bobby see John Sheddan?
(a) At the Absinthe House.
(b) At Seven Seas.
(c) At Tujague's.
(d) At Galatoire's.

13. Who owns the restaurant or the building that the restaurant is in that Kline and Bobby go to?
(a) Carlos Marcello.
(b) Alfredo Corleone.
(c) Michael Vitti.
(d) Jack Bonnano.

14. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what did Kline's parrot do in the carnival?
(a) Juggled handkerchiefs.
(b) Flew through a maze.
(c) Rode a bicycle on a wire.
(d) Balanced a ball on his beak.

15. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the girl writing in her notebook when the Kid wants to look at it?
(a) Musical compositions.
(b) Technical drawings of violins.
(c) Architectural designs.
(d) Shorthand notes on Gabelsberger.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, where does Bobby go to work after leaving New Orleans?

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, as the dummy is being loaded back into the trunk, what name does the girl remember is the dummy's real name?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, where was Kline born?

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, the girl sees a younger version herself in what the Kid shows to her. What is the younger version of the girl doing?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, in what year does Bobby arrive in Paris?

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